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Mitchell_Porter comments on [LINK] Learning without practice, through fMRI induction - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 07 October 2012 04:42:17AM 4 points [-]

Right now I can't watch the video or read the original article, but the comparison of this to Matrix-style instant learning downloaded into your brain appears to be ridiculous hype. After looking through dozens of articles repeating the original press release without providing any details, I finally found this description of how it works. You use biofeedback to adjust your brain state, and then for a while afterwards you can discriminate specific visual textures more efficiently. That's it. So it's another example of neurohype.

Comment author: maia 07 October 2012 05:41:48AM 0 points [-]

I still find it interesting, though. Biofeedback seems like very powerful stuff, though clearly not as crazy as the hype makes it out to be.